Welcome to Burton, a small town just west of Savannah where the men are sexy, the women are sassy and happily-ever-afters are a specialty of the house.Maureen I’ve had a crush on Smith Harrington since we were in college together. I knew he didn’t see me as anything more than his best friend—just one of the guys—but that didn’t stop me from weaving sexy fantasies about him.Now, after years of … maintaining a long-distance friendship, Smith’s moving to Burton to be my partner at the veterinary clinic practice I just took over—not to mention a tenant in my new house. After all this time, I should be able to handle working with him without getting hot and bothered. Or maybe not. SmithI have wanted Maureen Evans since the first day I saw her, but she never seemed interested in taking things to the next level. Eventually, I figured we were destined to stay in the friend zone. And although we’ve lived hundreds of miles apart for years, to me, she’s still the one who got away. When Maureen asks me to be her partner at the veterinary clinic, I jump at the chance. Maybe all hope is not lost. Maybe with a little effort on my part, we can finally have our shot at love. So even as Maureen tries to maintain our just-friends bond, I push those boundaries until flirting crosses the line into something more. When friendship is no longer enough, there’s always love.
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2.5 Snail’s pace Stars
*There will be Spoilers*
Okay so this is the second book by Tawdra Kandle that I have read. There where things about it I liked and some that I didn’t. I had a really hard time rating this book. While I really liked Mrs. Kandle’s writing style, almost all of the characters, the town the book is set in, the plot concept, I didn’t like the heroine Maureen. I didn’t hate her or anything. I just found her weak, cowardly, insecure, and super immature. I felt bad for her really, but I didn’t connect to her at all. The things she did in the book drove me crazy. The fact that in college after being in love with Smith for years, she goes to tell him her feelings at a party where she knew he went with a date, and when she sees some girl kiss him she runs off and gives away her virginity to a man she didn’t even know the name of is just one of the things she did that had me cringing. I mean come on. Then years later as a 30 year old woman she dates a man she feels nothing for, just uses poor Tim because she thinks Smith just wants to be friends. I loved the hero Smith. Although I didn’t really understand him waiting to tell her how he felt. I get everyone was telling him to let her date poor stupid Tim and woo her but really it was stupid advice if you ask me. I felt he should have just been honest. All the relationship angst was uncalled for. If they would have just pulled their heads out of their butts and been truthful. Smith’s wooing was weak at best and if I was Maureen I would have been confused too. He wasn’t clear at all so it wasn’t all her fault. That being said honestly I didn’t really feel like I was reading a romance. They didn’t really have anything going at all until almost the end. My kindle read 82% when Smith finally told Maureen that he loved her and kissed her. After all that snail’s pace slow build up they make love and then she is back to doubting and I am staring at my kindle going are you kidding me? Then they have a heart to heart where he tells her he real does love her didn’t feel sorry for her and all is well the end at 94%. That’s it all that super long waiting and barely a glimpse of a HEA. I felt cheated. I was left shaking my head. I didn’t feel any of their relationship if that is what you call what they had. So there is my problem. I liked all the others, Smith, and everything that happened in the book but their relationship parts which wasn’t really much anyways. I couldn’t decide if I should give it a 2 or 3 star. I went with 2.5 stars and I rounded up, because I really did like the writing style and the way everyone talked and felt down to earth and real. I really kinda want to know more about the others. I think maybe just Maureen wasn’t my kind of girl. I plan on giving this author another chance and reading one of the other couples story. Meghan and Sam maybe?